CV


THOMAS OLOFSSON

Curriculum Vitae





olofsson.th@gmail.com


+46 70535 86 58



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SUMMARY
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At present I am active as an independent consultant on Government Debt Management based on my more than 16 years of experience as responsible for the debt management of the Swedish government.


For 11 years, I headed the Swedish Debt Management Department at the Swedish National Debt Office (Riksgälden) and during the previous 5 years I was Head of Funding at the same department. In these capacities, I have been responsible for debt management policy, operations, analysis, communications, and intelligence. Apart from being engaged in strategy and funding activities at the office, an important part of my responsibilities has been communicating policy and funding activities to business counterparties, investors and in international organizations. Specifically, I have been very active in forums organized by organizations such as OECD, World Bank, IMF and EU contributing to the formulation of best practice of debt management. Part of this has also been to mediate this to countries developing their debt management set up.


Before that I have held several positions at the Treasury Department in the areas of economics and finance including both economic policies, the framework for monetary policy and governance of debt management. For four years, I was chief economist at one of the largest Swedish primary dealers and market makers in the fixed income market. In this capacity, I gained a vast experience of the selling side of the bond market and macroeconomic analysis.


My experience includes the application of economic analysis of economic policy and portfolio management as well as, in recent years, borrowing at operational and policy levels. My positions have set high standards for both oral and written communication as well as analytical skills. 



POSITIONS
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CONSULTANT

2017-                             Independent Consultant                                                            Stockholm


Independent consultant offering advice and consultancy to government and related agencies on Government debt and Cash management, Policy and Strategy, Organization and Institutional set up, Market development, Investor relations, Communication, Distribution of securities and Governance.


As a consultant I have carried out IMF missions to Armenia and Bahrain. Other missions include advice to Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi contracted by McKinsey. Since 2019 I am participating in an EU financed mission with Serbia lead by KPMG as a Key expert.


DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF DEBT MANAGEMENT (Skuldförvaltningschef)

2006-2017                      Riksgälden (Swedish National Debt Office)                          Stockholm


Head of Debt Management at the Swedish National Debt Office with overall responsibility for the management of public debt and the head of the department's four units: Borrowing, Analysis, Retail borrowing and Business Intelligence. Responsibility has covered government borrowing (issuing government securities), cash management, foreign exchange, strategic portfolio analysis, forecasting, reporting, investor relations and being a member of the Debt Office's management team. A significant part of the responsibility consisted of investor and counterparty meetings and other external representation both in Sweden but above all globally. Another important aspect has been to represent the National Debt Office in international fora such as the IMF, OECD, World Bank and the EU.


HEAD OF FUNDING AND DIVISION (Upplåningschef)

2001-2005                      Riksgälden (Swedish National Debt Office)                           Stockholm


Head of Funding at the Debt Office's debt management with responsibility for government borrowing on the operational level and the head of borrowing staff of the trading desk. Borrowings include the issuance of government securities, cash management, foreign exchange and foreign currency borrowings.


DIRECTOR (Departementsråd)

1999-2000                      Ministry of Finance, Finansial Markets Department            Stockholm


Director at the Department of the Financial markets department and Head of the Division for Financial economy. Within the Division's remit was debt policy issues, including control of the Debt Office, monetary and exchange rate policy, monitoring and analysis of financial markets and interest rate and currency forecasts. This responsibility included the participation of the Ministry's macroeconomic forecasting and preparation of the basis for economic policy and participation in the management of the department.


CHIEF ECONOMIST (Chefekonom)

1994-1999                      Alfred Berg Transferator / ABN AMRO                                      Stockholm


Chief economist specialising in fixed income and foreign exchange. The responsibilities included analysis and forecasts of the Swedish and international macro-economic development with a focus on Swedish monetary and fiscal policies. The focus of the analysis was the portfolio decisions and taking positions mainly in the bond and currency markets. This work included the writing of both weekly and special analyses, and regular contacts with Swedish and international investors and analysis of developments in the financial markets.


DEPUTY DIRECTOR (Kansliråd)

1991-1993                      Ministry of Finance , Financial Markets Department.            Stockholm


Policy advisor and since autumn of 1993, Deputy Director at the Financial Markets Department. The responsibilities included analysis of developments in the financial markets, monetary policy and debt policy issues as well as a basis for monetary issues during the negotiations on EU membership. The work also included the analysis of legislative and regulatory issues in the financial markets, including settlement of credit and foreign exchange controls and the new investment rules of the pension buffer funds (AP funds)


PRINCIPAL SECRETARY (Huvudsekreterare)

1992-1993                      Central Bank Commission                                                            Stockholm


Principal Secretary to the Government commission on a new legal framework for monetary policy and the central bank. The Commision report analysed the institutional framework for monetary policy and put forward a proposal to set a price stability target and strengthen the independence of the Central Bank.


POLICY ADVISOR (Departementssekreterare)

1985-1991                      Ministry of Finance, Economic Department                             Stockholm


Policy advisor at the Economic Department, Long-term/Structural division with a focus on economic policy, productivity and wage formation. The work included the participation of the Long Term Surveys published in 1987 and 1991.


UNIVERSITY LECTURER (Universitetslärare)

1981-1984                      Uppsala University                                                                          Uppsala


Part-time as a teacher of economics at the Department of Economics at Uppsala University.



MISSIONS
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2006-2017                      EU EFC Subcommittee (ESDM)                                                    Brussels


Represented Sweden in the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) Sub-Committee on EU Sovereign Debt Markets (ESDM) which is the official forum for the preparation of matters concerning government borrowing. The Committee reports to the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and has also been active on issues including the crisis management the past decade, regulatory issues and Collective Action Clauses (CAC).


2007-2017                      OECD WPDM Steering Committee                                              Paris


Appointed by the WPDM as member of the OECD's Working Party on Debt Management (WPDM) Steering Committee which prepares international dialogue and discussion on debt management issues between states.


2012-2017                      Public Sector Issuers Forum (PSIF)                                              Without seat


Represented the Swedish National Debt Office at PSIF which is a forum for discussion between the government referrals of matters of common interest such as the effects of the new regulations, the market for green bonds and market development.


2002-2017                      Nasdaq Advisory Board                                                                  Stockholm


Represented the Swedish National Debt Office in Nasdaq's Advisory Board which is a forum for dialogue on the infrastructure for electronic trading between dealers and other issues affecting the market for government bonds.


1999-2002                      IGN's Board                                                                                        Stockholm


Government-appointed member of the Deposit Guarantee Board's Board of Directors.


1975-2015                      Other


During this period, I had several assignments and positions including member of Uppsala Student Union Board, Member of Uppsala University's Faculty of Social Sciences, the government-appointed member of Haninge Hem's Board of Directors for municipality housing, Chairman of Päronet 3's condominium association, represented Sweden in the OECD Working Party on the Medium Term Development and Chairman of the National Economic Association in Uppsala.



TRAINING
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1982-1985                      Uppsala University                                                                            Uppsala


Two-year graduate program in economics including one semester of courses in Finance (20 points) at the Stockholm School of Economics.


1971-1985                      Uppsala University                                                                             Uppsala


Bachelor of science with a focus on economics. Furthermore, studies in inter alia Engineering Physics at the MSc program (1 year) and Psychology (3 years).


 


Thomas Olofsson

Scheelegatan 18

SE-112 28 Stockholm

Sweden


E-mail: olofsson.th@gmail.com

Mobile:  +46 70-535 86 58

Date of birth: 13 July 1950